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| A7X Corp. just paid a dividend of $1.45 per share. The dividends are expected to grow at 30 percent for the next 8 years and then level off to a growth rate of 8 percent indefinitely. |
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If the required return is 12 percent, what is the price of the stock today?
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| Required rate= | 12.00% | ||||||
| Year | Previous year dividend | Dividend growth rate | Dividend current year | Horizon value | Total Value | Discount factor | Discounted value |
| 1 | 1.45 | 30.00% | 1.885 | 1.885 | 1.12 | 1.683 | |
| 2 | 1.885 | 30.00% | 2.4505 | 2.4505 | 1.2544 | 1.95352 | |
| 3 | 2.4505 | 30.00% | 3.18565 | 3.18565 | 1.404928 | 2.26748 | |
| 4 | 3.18565 | 30.00% | 4.141345 | 4.141345 | 1.57351936 | 2.6319 | |
| 5 | 4.141345 | 30.00% | 5.3837485 | 5.3837485 | 1.762341683 | 3.05488 | |
| 6 | 5.3837485 | 30.00% | 6.99887305 | 6.99887305 | 1.973822685 | 3.55 | |
| 7 | 6.99887305 | 30.00% | 9.098534965 | 9.098534965 | 2.210681407 | 4.11572 | |
| 8 | 9.098534965 | 30.00% | 11.82809545 | 319.359 | 331.1870955 | 2.475963176 | 133.76091 |
| Long term growth rate (given)= | 8.00% | Value of Stock = | Sum of discounted value = | 153.01 | |||
| Where | |||||||
| Current dividend =Previous year dividend*(1+growth rate)^corresponding year | |||||||
| Total value = Dividend + horizon value (only for last year) | |||||||
| Horizon value = Dividend Current year 8 *(1+long term growth rate)/( Required rate-long term growth rate) | |||||||
| Discount factor=(1+ Required rate)^corresponding period | |||||||
| Discounted value=total value/discount factor |